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The Cella, Brighton, 1st September 2006
The tiny Cella is by now crammed full to witness a rare performance of experimental, twisted folk from the man known as Birdengine. With only his nylon stringed guitar and unusual voice he creates an eerie, pastoral soundscape – his songs bringing alive mysterious tales of cutting heads off dogs, being alone in the woods at nightfall, and living with beasts. He cuts a lonely, fairly awkward figure onstage – eyes closed and totally lost in his own musical world – and that?s a wonderful thing indeed. At times the music and vocals have hints of an acoustic Thom Yorke – although not even Yorke himself could create music this odd without playing with his laptop. Be sure to keep a lookout for Birdengines forthcoming I Fed Thee Rabbit Water EP? As it promises to be something very special indeed.
Ian Chambers
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Westhill Hall, 7 Dials, Brighton, 22nd May 2007
Next up is the lonesome figure of Birdengine, who proceeds to astound us with his haunting finger picked guitar folk tales, drawing you into his own strange and eerie world. Taking American alt folk duo A Hawk And A Hacksaw as a starting point, then stripping it down to something sparse, minimal, but none the less enchanting. With songs such as 'Alone With The Beast Folk' and 'You Gave Birth To A Horse' it all comes together perfectly ? seemingly placid on the surface but with a distinctly dark undercurrent. Birdengine is crafting his very own sound.
I. Chambers
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Saturday 30th June 2007, Lansdown Hotel, Clifton, Bristol
Bird Engine projected a trinket world through a distorted folklore lens – hybrids of animal and human slipping off the tongue with mystical economy, feeding the imagination in half shadows. This strange narrative was successful due to that alchemic voice of his and his 'curling smoke' wail that flexed around those Spanish tunings, the sort of thing that wouldn't be out of place in a Del Toro film. The warmth of those nylon strings giving up more than just tune alone.
6:05 AM
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